Comostola spp. Meyrick, 1888 -

Taxonomic Information

Comostola Meyrick, 1888 species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Comostola caerulea Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Comostola cedilla Prout, 1917. India: Andaman Is. 
Comostola chlorargyra (Walker, 1861). India sub-region.
Comostola dispansa (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka. 
Comostola dyakaria (Walker, 1861). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Comostola hauensteini Smetacek, 2004. India: Uttarakhand (TL: Bhimtal), Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal. 
Comostola hypotyphla Prout, 1917. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dalhousie). 
Comostola inops Prout, 1912. India: Kashmir: Lidda Valley, Lidderwat, 6700ft, Arunachal Pradesh.
Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861). India; Sri Lanka (TL). 
Comostola leucosticta Yazaki, 1993. India: Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal (TL). 
Comostola maculata (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal.
Comostola meritaria (Walker, 1861). India; Sri Lanka (TL).
Comostola multimaculata (Pajni & Walia, 1984). India: Himachal Pradesh (Nauni). 
Comostola mundata Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Comostola ovifera (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim; Tibet. 
Comostola pyrrhogona (Walker, 1866). South India.
Comostola quantula (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai). 
Comostola subtiliaria (Bremer, 1864). Himalayas. 
Comostola subtiliaria demeritaria Prout, 1917. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Comostola turgescens (Prout, 1917). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Comostola virago Prout, 1926. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh123
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala111
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1131
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal11
Total21431322
Comostola spp.: Ceriops spp. (Rhizophoraceae), Buchanania cochinchinensis (Anacardiaceae), Memecylon edule (Melastomataceae), Melaleuca spp. (Myrtaceae), Avicennia spp. (Acanthaceae), Cerbera spp. (Apocynaceae), Arceuthobium minutissimum (Santalaceae), Eurya japonica (Pentaphylacaceae), Malus sieboldii (Rosaceae), Viburnum odoratissimum (Viburnaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Comostola spp. Meyrick, 1888 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/comostola-spp, accessed 2025/04/24.